Rural Retirement Migration

• Main Authors: Brown, David L. (Author), Glasgow, Nina (Author), Kulcsar, Laszlo J. (Author), Bolender, Benjamin C. (Author), Arguillas, Marie-Joy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: The Springer Series On Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 21
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Architecture.; Aging.; Sociology.; Emigration and immigration.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Migration.; Sociology, general.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

This book examines the migration of older persons to rural retirement destinations in the United States. While the majority of older persons are residentially stable, those who migrate are disproportionately likely to move to a rural community. Moreover, with the aging of the baby boom generation, p...